X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) at HCA HealthONE MOUNTAIN RIDGE

9191 Grant Street, Thornton, CO · HCA HealthONE · · NPI 1821042979

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$23.18 with Anthem vs $2,392.99 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Anthem PathwayEssentials $23.18
Anthem PathwayNSBP $29.57
Anthem HMO $47.32
Anthem PPO $47.32
United ColoradoDoctorsPlan $137.53
Pinnacol Workers Comp WORKERSCOMP $139.83
Multiplan WorkersComp $145.72
Multiplan BeechStreetWorkersComp $145.72
Cigna Connect-SBP $179.46
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Rocky Mountain Health Plan AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Cigna SureFit $258.24
Cigna Connect-NSBP $279.25
Life Source Services COMM $350.00
Cigna Broad $350.16
Vail Health COMM $404.15
Kaiser HMO $502.53
United OptionsPPO $550.39
Bright Health OON $797.66
Colorado Program for Children with Special Needs HCP $904.02
Kaiser PPO $943.90
United GlobalBenefit $1,196.50
Aetna Cofinity $1,403.89
Cigna Connect-NSBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,701.68
Cigna SureFitLeanBenefitPlans $1,701.68
Cigna BroadLeanBenefitPlans $1,701.68
Cigna Connect-SBPLeanBenefitPlans $1,701.68
Western Plains Community Health COMM $1,728.27
Multiplan COMMPPOPRIMARYNETWORK $1,861.22
NorthCare COMM $1,861.22
Physician Health Partners MCR $1,861.22
Anthem PAR $1,967.57
Medical Development International COMM $2,127.10
Multiplan COMMPPOCOMPLEMENTARYNETWORK $2,260.05
Prime Health WORKERSCOMP $2,392.99
Multiplan BeechStreetCOMMPPO $2,392.99
Aetna ASA not published by hospital
Aetna ExistingBusiness not published by hospital
Aetna NBR not published by hospital

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X-ray knee 3 views (both sides) at other Colorado hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Banner Fort Collins Medical Center Fort Collins $87.53 $68.88 – $159.60
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland $59.14 $43.18 – $159.60
Sterling Regional Medical Center Sterling $172.80 $107.14 – $372.48
East Morgan County Hospital Brush $254.98 $8.43 – $19.40
AdventHealth Porter Denver $1,151.96 $58.30 – $169.83
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton $1,151.96 $58.30 – $169.83
AdventHealth Avista Louisville $1,151.96 $58.30 – $171.72
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock $1,151.96 $58.30 – $169.83

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